Acting on impulse

[fivemack]

I've just accepted an invitation to a New Year's house party.

In Montreal.

I'm to leave Heathrow Boxing Day, and arrive back 8th January; this is an arbitrarily extended interpretation of "New Year", I realise.

Looking forward to seeing papersky, zorinth, rysmiel, redbird ... and more, I'm sure.

Does mean I won't be at Minicon in 2004, but since the place I'm living is on a six-month rent expiring on Maundy Thursday, being in Minneapolis at Easter wasn't really a practical option.

It's very odd to feel able to do this kind of thing; I can hardly call it a grown-up or an adult thing to do, casually leaving the country on an invitation, on three weeks' notice, after half an hour of thought. I suppose it means I'm in the young professional rather than graduate student box ...

I suspect I could learn to like this box.

Comments

[redbird]

This is going to be fun!

[reenigne.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I just found your journal by accident since we both have "satellite imagery" listed as an interest. You seem like an interesting chap so I added you to my friends list.

Lately I have been working on (http://www.reenigne.org/bluemarble.html) BlueMarbleViewer (http://www.andesengineering.com/BlueMarbleViewer/). I noticed you said on your website that you had near-total cloud-free 250m resolution imagery of the Earth - I'd love to get hold of that! Sadly your "notes on grabbing galleries" page is missing.

I wonder if our paths ever crossed in Cambridge - I was there from 1997 to 2001.

TTFN,

Andrew

[aendr.livejournal.com]

But graduate students have more holiday to play with than young professionals, apart from when they are in their last stages and working on the dreaded th word.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

I wasn't invited ;/ And I have no money anyway.